A woman's pleasure. Strangling headwaters. Lost Story. Health insurance claims. Myth creation.

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• Jim Pfaus was interviewed for a story that ran in the Montreal Gazette and the National Post describing a research review of the female orgasm and its conclusion that women derive intense sexual pleasure from a great number of sensory sources. Pfaus was the lead author of the review, with graduate students Gonzalo Quintana Zunino and Conall Mac Cionnaith contributing.
• Science Newsline joins continuing coverage of a new study, led by Ali Nazemi, assistant professor in the Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, of how climate change and increased human interference threaten agricultural irrigation on the Prairies by restricting the flow of Alberta headwaters. The research was recently published in Hydrological Processes.
• Ronald Rudin, history professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science and co-director of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, was interviewed earlier this week on the Radio-Canada Première Chaîne program 'Pour faire un monde'. Rudin told the story of a Chinese businessman, Yee Clun, who challenged Regina City Hall in 1924 for the right to hire white women in his restaurant. Clun's story is included in the 'Lost Stories' project, led by Rudin, which will culminate in the publication of a series of little-known Canadian stories to mark Canada Day, 2017. 
• Coverage continues of an insurance industry study of mental health and health insurance claims in the workplace. The study was led by researchers at the Université de Montréal with the participation of unnamed Concordia researchers: Small Biz Advisor, Conseiller, Le Lézard.
• The Montreal Gazette previews a combined show of the work of three artists focusing on myth creation, including works by Marigold Santos, part-time professor of studio arts at Concordia.

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